Why are national parks preserved?

Answer 1

Olympic gets its name from the mountain range within the park.

According to wikipedia:

The mountains were originally called "Sun-a-do" by the Duwamish Indians, while the first European to see them, the Spanish navigator Juan Perez, named them "Sierra Nevada de Santa Rosalia", in 1774. But the English captain John Meares, seeing them in 1788, thought them beautiful enough for the gods to dwell there, and named them "Mount Olympus" after the one in Greece. Alternate proposals never caught on, and in 1864 the Seattle Weekly Gazette persuaded the government to make the present-day name official.

Answer 2

They are unique scenic, natural, cultural, and historic places that have been preserved more or less unmarred. They are one of the few places in the world where one can glimpse the way the world used to be before modern man.

Answer 3

Teddy Roosevelt said it best in 1903: "We have gotten past the stage, my fellow-citizens, when we are to be pardoned if we treat any part of our country as something to be skinned for two or three years for the use of the present generation, whether it is the forest, the water, the scenery. Whatever it is, handle it so that your children's children will get the benefit of it."

Answer 4

They are called national because they are owned by and run by the federal government rather than the state.

Answer 5

Because they are administered by the national government.

State parks, county parks, municipal parks, and private parks have the same reasoning behind their name.

Answer 6

These areas are set aside fo people to enjoy, use, and study. They are special places that are preserved to keep them in their natural state from development and logging companies.